gör-
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡør]
- Hyphenation: gör
Prefix
gör-
- (noun prefix) having a small wheel
- gör- + korcsolya (“skate”) → görkorcsolya (“roller skate”)
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with gör-
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian prefixes
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an older noun gorr, går (“dirt, mud, animal intestine content etc.”), with western Swedish vowel fronting /ɔ/ > /œː/ (sometimes represented in dialectal writing with a circumflex ⟨ô⟩). From Old Norse gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Related to English gore.
Pronunciation
- (western Sweden) IPA(key): /ɡœːr/
Prefix
gör-
- (dialectal, western Sweden) intensifying prefix; very, really
- 2005 August 30, Thomas Cederfelt, quoting Sebastian Karlsson, “Jensa fick gå – Sebastian kom [Jensa had to go – Sebastian came]”, in Göteborgs-Posten, retrieved 5 October 2020:
- Jag hoppas att Jens kan utvecklas i en ny miljö för han har väldigt mycket i sig och kan bli en gôrbra hockeyspelare[…]
- I hope that Jens can improve in a new environment, because he has a lot in him and can become a really good hockey player[…]
- 2011 June 20, “Teddy Paunkoski: Kortedala torg är kult”, in Göteborgs-Posten, retrieved 5 October 2020:
- Mycket fin natur och görmånga trevliga människor.
- Very pretty nature and really a lot of nice people.
- 2017 September 19, “Göteborg tips: 6 inredningsbutiker alla borde besöka [Gothenburg tips: 6 shops for interior design that everyone should visit]”, in Göteborgs-Posten, retrieved 5 October 2020:
- Idag tipsar jag om görbra inredningsbutiker i Göteborg centrum som alla borde besöka nån gång.
- Today I give advice on really good shops for interior design in central Gothenburg that everyone should visit sometime.
Usage notes
Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb.
References
- gör- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Göra. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.
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